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Discussion on Moderate UFP
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Toloughl
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Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 - 10:49 pm:
Hi Dr O. I have a yearling QH filly that has moderate UFP. What sort of in hand exercise program should I be following to help her get over this? We do have undulating hills as well as flat areas.
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Miamoo
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Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2005 - 9:00 am:
I am certainly not Dr. O but I have always been told that you need to build the muscles around the joint in order to tighten the ligiment enough that it can not slip over the patella and fixate. It is my understanding that up and down hills is the best thing at both the walk and the trot. Turn out on hilly pastures with a lot of other horses to run around with is great too.
I'll wait to hear what Dr. O has to say. Hopefully he agrees with this info.
Ella  )
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2005 - 10:40 am:
I like Ella's advice about turn out. In hand you have a hard time competing with the exercise the yearling gets in the field. In hand you could try climbing remarkable hills for 20 minutes a day. At the very least you will get in great shape after a little while of this.
DrO
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Toloughl
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Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2005 - 9:16 pm:
Thanks Ella and Dr O. She is turned out in a paddock at the moment with quite a steep hill, but she's with an older mare so really doesn't run 'round much. I might put our 3yo gelding in with them 'cause he seems to do a lot of running around. I'll also try the walking and jogging with her up the hill for 20 mins too. As you say, it'll be good exercise for me too seeing as I've just discovered that I've gone up a pant size for the first time in 20 years - horror!!!! How long do you think it might before I see any improvement? Thanks again, guys.
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, May 6, 2005 - 9:24 pm:
Though this is always the first step, I find exercise often fails to improve the condition. However the young age is in your favor. How long you try this depends on the severity of the catching. If it not so severe that it is doing damage, you wait until the horse is mature before resorting to injections or surgery. There are also more management factors in the article.
DrO
DrO
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